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Everything wacky, freaky, and fun!
visit our website at www.lexfestasheville.com for more info!
Your contribution of joining us and experiencing a fun day of creative expression will support local non-profit Arts 2 People and its many projects:
Arts 2 People is devoted to promoting the role of the arts as an integral part of our culture by serving the entire community through arts outreach, bringing the arts to those in need of the healing power of art, supporting the careers of artists, and through community cultural development. Arts 2 People is the umbrella organization for:
* The Lexington Ave Arts and Fun Festival (LAAFF)
* The REACH Programming series
* The Asheville Mural Project (AMP)
* Moving Women
* The Pritchard Park Cultural Arts Program 08
* Faces of Asheville
and hosts numerous events and workshops and events throughout the year. To find out more, visit www.arts2people.org.
Come prepared for many LAAFFs on this amazing day and to truly experience the original local flavor of Asheville.Music
LAAFF showcases all types of music and performance:
LAAFF 2009 Performers:
Blue Rags, Dehlia Low, Eymarel, Hunab Kru, Jen and the Juice, Mad Tea Party, Melmacpink, Roberto Hess, Swayback Sisters, tHE POLES, U-N-I verse, Zabumba!. Asheville Dance Revolution, Baraka Mundi, Blackjack, Brushfire Stankgrass, Ceol Leinn, Galen Kipar Project, Modo, Now You See Them, Runaway Circus and Loose Caboose, Taylor Martin, The Chx, Velvet Truck Stop, Angi West, Arundas, Dip-N-Flip E.Normus Trio, Lulo, Pierce Edens, Pilgrim, Poetix Vanguard, Secret B-Sides, Ash Devine w/ Quetzal, Hillbillionaire$, La Feral Zoom: Rollin' Barks of Laughter, LEAF in Schools and Streets: Youth at Jazz, Oso Rey, as well as a bluegrass jam, celtic jam, old time jam…
LAAFF's past have hosted performances by local favorites such as Josh Phillip’s Folk Festival, David Earl and the Plowshares, Snake Oil Medicine Show, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, Firecracker Jazz Band, Shannon Whitworth, The Asheville Horns, Town Mountain, Crystal Kind, Jar-E, Kitchen Furniture Drum Ensemble, The Runaway Circus and the Loose Caboose!, Asheville Dance Revolution, Ruby Slippers with Mingle, Hunab Kru Breakdancing, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, Lisa Zahiya Bellydance, Duende Mountain Duo, South French Broads, Ensemble Djembeso, The Honeycutters, Vertigo Jazz Project, Hip Hop Revolution, Hellblinki Sextet, The Broomstars, Moving Women, Unifire Theatre, The Sireens, Josh Blake & The Big Money Band, Brian McGee & Hollow Speed, Secret B-Sides, Angie West, Ba Man Bia, Chakra Bird, Cabo Verde, Sirius. B, Arundas, Sex Panther, Brett Rock, DJ Trevor, DJ jOshU, Gilbot, the Trainwrecks, Bandazian, the Sophisticated Chimps, The Plowshares, Chalwa, Sons of a Keeled over Snake, CX1, Kellin Watson, Banana Da Terra, River Guerguerian, Nevada, Hip Hop Revolution, Rev Doc, Jar-E, Thing Three, Menage, Afromotive, the Toubab krewe, Strut, Hollywood Red, Jen and the Juice, Cabo Verde, Soora Gameela, the Shining Rock Reggae Band, Bannana deTerra, Baraki Mundi, the Oxymorons comedy, Agroloa, Menage, Jarrett Leone, Sidney Barnes and his Goodtime Band, The Muses, Pierce Edens and the Dirty Work, John Voross, Blake Burris, Quebrao, the Rebelles Burlesque and their band the Pheremones, Stephanie's Id, Ash Devine, Unifire Theatre, Ahleuchastistas, Patrick Fitsimons & Eliza Lynn, Kuumba and David, Vendetta Crème GFE, Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola, Speedsquare, Maria-guajira Latin Dance, Wicked Geisha, Skint Back City Public Radio, Nevada, Avec La Force Percussion Inititive, Ballet Warraba, Tyler Ramsey, JP Delenoye of Ghost Mountain, Wayne Robins and the Hellsayers, the Labiators, Dig Shovel Dig, Drug Money, Tito Amaya, Free Mojo, Simple Mathmatics, Leigh Glas, Brycon, Gavra Lynn, Valorie Miller, Jen Bertiaux, Tablesaw, Blue Spectral Monkey, Peace Jones, Opera Girls, Jamie Thomas, the Zion Project, Scrappy Hamilton, Mary Stair, Universal Circle, Usdi Tawodi, Kat Williams, Pens and Needles, Djin Tana, Eye for an Iris Press, Katie Kasben's "Piece of Hair", Pippi's fashions, the Winds of Chang enviro- conscious puppetsSweet Mama Tea and Her Red Hot Sugar Babies, Nbale, Inamalek, DR Ensemble, Taylor Martin, Johnny's Inhaler, LEAF in Schools and Streets, the Buckarettes, Mad Tea Party, the Great Slide, Fifth House . .Movies
Mountain Xpress Photo Booth at LAAFF 2008
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Our Heroes: LAAFF 2009 Sponsors:
Greenlife Grocery, Mountain Xpress, Asheville Brewers Alliance, Asheville T- Shirt Company, Henco, WNC Magazine, The River 98.1, WPVM/ MAIN, WNCW, Rocket Club, Sound Mind Media, Dreamspider Publicity, Adorn, The Laurel of Asheville Magazine, Barleys, Bobo, Charlotte Street Computers, Mountain Roots Management Dynamite Roasters, Liquid Dragon, Minx, Organic Pharmacy, Satellite Gallery, Shady Grove, The Home Team Network, Jack Boxes, Curbie . . .
Pics from from 2007, by Andolent. For more of Andolent's work visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/anoldent
Latest Blog Entries
- Aug 30, 2009 8:12 PM All things kooky and independent pack Lexington Avenue for annual arts festival
- Aug 21, 2009 7:00 PM LAAFF 2009 Stage Schedules
- Aug 21, 2009 6:58 PM LAAFF 09 Performers
- Jul 17, 2009 5:28 PM Asheville - LAAFF Part 1
- Jul 15, 2009 8:36 PM Announcing the 8th Annual Lexington Ave Arts and Fun Festival
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Arts 2 People is excited to bring you the Lexington Ave Arts and Fun Festival on the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend each year! Sunday, September 5th, 2010!
Join us in the annual FREE end-of-summer celebration of Asheville's artistic and musical communities. Three blocks of N. Lexington Ave in downtown Asheville brim with all local art, food, beer, music, street performers, and random acts of creativity.
LAAFF has become the showcase event for all types of talent on multiple stages and performance areas including rock and roll, indie pop, funk, folk, ragtime, reggae, world beats, singer-songwriters, bluegrass, old time, African drummers, clowns, magicians, contortionists, belly dancers, modern dancers, vaudeville actors, break dancers, hula hoopers, and more. LAAFF has grown over the years to become known as Asheville's largest independent street festival with upwards of 12,000 in attendance.
Asheville - LAAFF Part 1 from nan davis on Vimeo.
LAAFF is is an experience the whole family can get into. Kids will love making art, dancing, getting their faces painted and having fun all day long. Kids are also in on the act showing off their breakdancing, parading, and making music. The big "kids" will enjoy the ever popular bicycle jousting, local brews provided by the Asheville Brewers Alliance, an eclectic culinary and artistic experience, as well as the new big people game: Big Wheels for Big Kids. There will be lots of fun new vendors as well as old favorites with a ton of variety.
Created specifically for LAAFF by Co-Founder Michael Mooney, LAAFF's ever popular Bicycle Jousting is always a mainstay attraction! This is a fun and safe bike joust where contestants are armored up with foam and helmets. The sit upon bike with banana seats and wheel with elliptical hubs which make the bike bounce up and down like riding on a horse. Each contestant holds a long pole with a boxing glove on the end..If they can reach each other they try and joust the other off the bike. It is extremely fun to watch and a great activity that Michael created as an event at LAAFF. To see the gear in advance go to Pack Place's Front Gallery... will you dare to ride?
LaZoom Tour Bus has also been getting involved as a performance area! if you just want to enjoy an easier going ride... LaZoom has traveling sideshows with a variety of acts (Including Kids acts and Adult only acts) throughout the day in 40 minute loops around Asheville. This is set up as an affordable way to fundraise at LAAFFwith extra entertainment to the festival.
Various Arts Schools and organizations have in the past teamed up to create the LAAFF Kids area, including the Asheville Arts Center, Oddesey Kids School , Art Space, amongst others. There is always face painting and a chill out zone for parents with babies who may need to sit down and relax, breastfeed, or change a diaper.
Asheville - LAAFF Part 2 from nan davis on Vimeo.
As part of an ongoing commitment to improve and expand the role of the Lexington Avenue Arts Festival in the community, greening efforts and more emphasis on environmental issues will continue to increase. The core principle of being an all local event has been a foundation of the festival's efforts to support local artists, musicians, restaurants, and non-profits. For instance, using water sales as a way for local non-profits to raise funds and involving the Asheville On Bikes organization to host a bike corral, encouraging participants in the festival to ride bikes, use public transportation, and carpool to limit their impact. Reducing waste has always been an important goal, and last year composting was added to the recycling and reuse efforts. Many of the food and beverage vendors are now using compostable cups and utensils. The festival will continue to include local non-profits, especially environmental and arts organizations and hopefully will showcase renewable energy in LAAFF's to come. For more info email greening@lexfestasheville.com.
LAAFF also has a great merchandise area with LAAFF T-shirts, water bottles, Freaks of Asheville calendars, and performer merchandise. 100% of performer merch proceeds goes back to the bands themselves. There is also a silent auction to raise fund for Arts 2 People of which some donated items are avaible to see on our "silent auction" page of this website. We accepting items up through the morning of the festival each year. Email vending@lexfestasheville.com if you would like to donate.
LAAFF relies on community support to ensure our success each year. LAAFF is a volunteer driven event, with a core staff, put on by and for the community. Your tax-deductible contribution ensures the ongoing successes of this much anticipated yearly Asheville celebration.
There are many ways YOU can get involved with LAAFF:
To volunteer, email Justin at volunteer@lexfestasheville.com
Asheville - LAAFF Part 3 from nan davis on Vimeo.
Video of Unifire Theatre at LAAFF 2007 www.unifiredance.com
Sidney Barnes at LAAFF 2006
Who I'd like to meet:
Creative performers, artists, craftspeople, culinary artists, fashion designers, comedians, and street performers living in the Asheville Area. We always love volunteers!!!! We are looking for festival event coordinators , sponsors and anyone with great ideas and follow through!There are many ways YOU can get involved with LAAFF:
To volunteer, email Justin at volunteer@lexfestasheville.com
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